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Phoenix City Council Abolishes Gender

Thursday, February 28, 2013

An ordinance passed Wednesday night by the Phoenix City Council forces the city's businesses, charities and churches to consider hiring transgendered people and requires them to recognize any gender expression, even if that means allowing a man to use the women's restroom.

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Massachusetts Schools to Allow Boys in Girls' Restrooms

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Under a sweeping directive issued by the Massachusetts Department of Education, boys and girls who identify as the opposite sex are now allowed to use whichever school bathroom and locker room they feel most comfortable in, and schools are discouraged from using gender-based clothes and from conducting gender-based practices such as lining up children based on their sex.

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Women in Combat: What are the Implications?

Monday, February 11, 2013

The recent announcement that the U.S. military would lift its ban on women in combat has become a subject of debate regarding the practical and cultural implications of the change. Is it simply an issue of equality, or more?

'Transgender' Option Added to Iowa College Application

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

The University of Iowa has become the first public university in the nation to specifically include optional questions about students' sexual orientation and gender identity in its admissions applications.

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What's Wrong With a Boy Who Wears a Dress?

Monday, August 13, 2012

The latest edition of The New York Times Magazine features a cover photo of a young girl with long hair in a long, flowing pink dress decorated with flowers. Only it isn’t a girl. It’s a boy.